Does anyone Skype?

This doesn't seem a likely place to ask but can't find a newsgroup.
Though I did post on Microsoft skype forum.

I bought a second webcam, a pricey Amcrest AWC496. On

https://www.wikihow.com/Test-a-Webcam-on-PC-or-Mac

I can test the webcam picture (of me) and have tons of microphone
volume thru my sound card and headphones.

But on Skype when I run their test the visual is again ok, and when I
test sound I can hear their chimes in my headphones but when I make a
test call to their robot the message I'm invited to leave does NOT
play back to me. I do not know anyone to Skype with for a test but I'm
pretty sure they won't be able to hear me from my tests.

I'm running Skype on Win 7, won't even run on xp.
running Skype 8.67.0.97 - only one I could download.
Suppose I could have posted this on Win7 newsgroup come to think of
it.

On 29/12/2020 00:45, John B. Smith wrote:
This doesn't seem a likely place to ask but can't find a newsgroup.
Though I did post on Microsoft skype forum.

I bought a second webcam, a pricey Amcrest AWC496. On

https://www.wikihow.com/Test-a-Webcam-on-PC-or-Mac

I can test the webcam picture (of me) and have tons of microphone
volume thru my sound card and headphones.

But on Skype when I run their test the visual is again ok, and when I
test sound I can hear their chimes in my headphones but when I make a
test call to their robot the message I'm invited to leave does NOT
play back to me. I do not know anyone to Skype with for a test but I'm
pretty sure they won't be able to hear me from my tests.

I'm running Skype on Win 7, won't even run on xp.
running Skype 8.67.0.97 - only one I could download.
Suppose I could have posted this on Win7 newsgroup come to think of
it.

With Skype opened;
Click on the 3 dots then clicks 'Settings' (Ctrl+Comma
On left, click 'Audio & Video'.
Scroll right pane down so you see;

Audio
Microphone - - Click whatever is over
here and select the
name of you camera.

The answer which I got on the Skype forum was that after making the
'test call' do NOT hang up. After a slight delay the message played
back perfectly. Kinda anti-intuitive but I should have been able to
figure it out.





On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:45:35 -0500, John B. Smith
wrote:

This doesn't seem a likely place to ask but can't find a newsgroup.
Though I did post on Microsoft skype forum.

I bought a second webcam, a pricey Amcrest AWC496. On

https://www.wikihow.com/Test-a-Webcam-on-PC-or-Mac

I can test the webcam picture (of me) and have tons of microphone
volume thru my sound card and headphones.

But on Skype when I run their test the visual is again ok, and when I
test sound I can hear their chimes in my headphones but when I make a
test call to their robot the message I'm invited to leave does NOT
play back to me. I do not know anyone to Skype with for a test but I'm
pretty sure they won't be able to hear me from my tests.

I'm running Skype on Win 7, won't even run on xp.
running Skype 8.67.0.97 - only one I could download.
Suppose I could have posted this on Win7 newsgroup come to think of
it.